Clumsy: My 53rd Blog of the year 2026

Well, welcome to our readers here in New Zealand, & around the world, I'm Whetu Ngapo & you're tuning in to my KiwiAvenger blog here on blogger, but first in gaming that I always play Grand Theft Auto IV (So too is Star Wars Battlefront II 2005 for which both the Clone Wars, & the Galactic Civil War eras remind me of a feel of experiencing both Iran, & that dreadful invasion since 2022 that they're still currently having) in response to the Iran war (For which is similar to Vietnam in the 60s & 70s, but it would never end along with Ukraine similar to Reconquista (In which the conflict took place in Spain between the Moors (Muslims) & the Christian kingdoms that lasted for 770 years which concluded with the fall of Granada by the Catholic Monarchs of Spain, therefore ending any oppressive, totalitarian Islamic rule on the Iberian peninsula) that they once had, & the latest as the Strait of Hormuz has since been shut down as a result of that shocking conflict that they're currently having) & that horrendous war that begun in 2022, especially the police shootout stuff that in the Ballad of Gay Tony expansion pack evokes memories of Iran (Well, I'm gutted or I should say, stunned but devastated that the fuel prices have since gone up caused by that invasion in Iran that they had the Strait of Hormuz has been locked down (And there will be a ceasefire being announced for a week so that the strait can be opened, but that's not the case since there is no clear truce as well as no end in sight, & the fee of petrol had been skyrocketed already with the inflation rate seemed to stay increasingly high as long as the war keeps going due to the price hike on gas, & what happens if the fuel runs out? It would be a disaster because it'll be pretty bad if there is a lack of petrol hence the reason why that there is a gas shortage), & the main GTA IV vanilla version has drawn parallels to that terrible conflict which started in 2022 that they're still having, but with no drones (And I have not seen combat like this since either Kyiv, or Tehran due to my experiences of watching it on CNN that I have not seen lately (Just like Derrick McReary that he has not seen combat like that since Belfast according to the previous story that I did on my blog the year before, but crikey, this is like being back in the Iran war, & that awful invasion since 2022 (And also Derrick tells Niko, & Packie about that is like being back in the Troubles (And that's the 2nd time I've mentioned about the Troubles before on my blogs which was about that certain conflict between Protestant England supporting Northern Ireland, & Catholic Ireland that lasted from 1968 which resulted in 3,700 casualties (While 50,000 have been wounded), until 30 years later way back in 1998 that it ended due to an Good Friday agreement) as I mentioned on my same story on my blogs also the year before) that is similar to a pair of ICE shootings earlier this year that claimed the tragic lives of Renee Good & Alex Pretti due to America's war on immigration had already been ramped up with the customs enforcement agency's ability to issue such mass deportation measures that are into play after that dreadful American leader's election win the year before that has certainly raised the ire, then he returned to office last year which is one year on according to the previous stories that I did on my blogs before (While these wars in both that dreadful invasion since 2022 & in Iran are never going to stop, because this could go on for long & the 2 of these wars will last forever for the time being like it might even be permanently, like it may take a century to end it, or even the Reconquista war that I mentioned it on this blog).

And secondly in the music department such as that I have revealed my fave song from the American punk band Rise Against is, & it is 'Re-Education (Through Labor)' that came out back in 2008 (Same year that the Dark Knight which featured Welshman Christian Bale (Who was involved in an abusive rant towards the filmmakers in which Bale was a bit upset, outraged & infuriated during the filming of Terminator: Salvation that was released a year later also back in 2009) as 'The Caped Crusader' of Batman & the late Aussie film star of Heath Ledger as the Joker with by far, his best role to date where he had been posthumously awarded best supporting actor at the Oscars, was released in cinemas, the Chinese city of Beijing who hosted the Summer Games where the New Zealand Olympic team won 3 gold medals with the Ever-Swindell twins in the women's double sculls rowing, then Valerie Adams in the women's shot put, & Tom Ashley in the sailing, followed by the Kiwis winning our first & only League World Cup crown where we claimed the biggest upset in international league against the Kangaroos (Who dominated the last 3 back in 2013 (The last time New Zealand appeared in a final in that we fell short therefore was unable to follow up from our title that we won also back in 2008), then back in 2017 (In which they beat England in a rematch of the 1995 final for that was a low scoring affair) & the most recent one at the delayed 2021 tournament which was held in 2022 (Well, they continued their dominance on top of the league world by thrashing first time finalists Samoa who was the first in history to have a Pacific island nation involved in the big dance of league's global showpiece event) at Lang Park in Brisbane, Australia, then Barack Obama winning the US election in which he became the first African American president in history as well as the US having the best president that they ever had (Compared to that dreadful American leader who is arguably by far the worst President of the United States in history since the late Herbert Hoover, & if the Republicans win the mid terms this year (And let's say that there will not be a Republican dominance expected to continue), & if that country who started that horrendous invasion since 2022, wins the conflict against Ukraine that it would be one of the worst days of my life, but let's say that the Democrats who may have a chance of winning the mid term elections as I told Dad before during our phone conversation on April 9th, according to the previous blogs that I did before), as well as the global financial economic crisis took place where the stock markets had been crashed & collapsed for the first time since the Great Depression in 1929, & the infamous Grand Theft Auto IV game that had come out that year in a controversial way despite that the game had been crowned champions of the gaming world due to its stunning gameplay for which had been a absolute banger & a masterpiece according to the previous stories that I did (And that GTA IV one would be regarded as one of my fave video games of all-time along with Gran Turismo 7 that was released in 2022 & that Star Wars Battlefront II (Not the 2017 one) game that also came out back in 2005), but I like both 'Prayer for the Refugee' & 'Audience of One' as my other favourites from the band (But I like 'Give It All' as well indeed).

And thirdly in food related news such as we went to Caroline's for lunch where I had From the Sea meal there, a day before Pops took me to Burger King that I had a Southern Spicy Fried Chicken Burger there, then I made Devilled Sausages for our dinner on Good Friday, a day before we also went to St John's Club Elms Restaurant for lunch on April 4th where I had Tuscan Chicken there (A day before I cooked marinated chicken with rice & green veg like peas & beans during Easter Sunday dinner), but Dad has been having Mexican food lately because of him reminiscing his days in Mexico with Aunty Tan, the late Nan, & Pops during the mid to late 80s.

And finally here's the latest in the rugby news coming in about the latest round of Super Rugby Pacific which is round 8:

Crusaders 69 - 26 Fijian Drua (It was the Crusaders night as they farewelled Apollo Projects Stadium in style after 14 years with a hiding over the Fijian Drua at their last game over there at the venue in Christchurch (Including Crusaders hooker Codie Taylor who racked up 4 tries in a game that was just incredible in his 150th Super Rugby game in an historic night like that as they went on to take a century of victories at that iconic venue for one last hurrah, out of their 122nd & final match) before making the move to Te Kaha Stadium which is due to host the Super Round during ANZAC weekend on the 24th to 26th of April (The Crusaders will play the New South Wales Waratahs there a day before ANZAC day, while the Fijian Drua will return to the city as they lock horns with the Chiefs the day following ANZAC day)

Chiefs 42 - 14 New South Wales Waratahs (While it was the Chiefs who annihilated the New South Wales Waratahs with doubles by both Quinn Tupaea (Who could be a Super Rugby player of the tournament candidate due to him being an in-form player who is a midfielder, but is worthy to remain with the All Blacks under new coach Dave Rennie, & is leading 5 or 10 votes ahead of Western Force player Ben Donaldson), & Kyren Taumoefolau who would score his first 2 in Chiefs colours in Hamilton to move to 3rd behind the Blues in the standings which is currently led by the Hurricanes at the moment who'll take on the Blues due on April 11th in a top of the table clash as well as the match of the season, at Hnry Stadium in Wellington (And they're showing a Super Rugby archive on the 9th of April where they go back to 1996 where the historic first ever professional rugby match was being staged in Palmy between the Wellington Hurricanes, & the Auckland Blues in anticipation of that crucial Super Rugby Pacific game of the year about to take place on the 11th of April), but the key highlight in that match was Chiefs blindside flanker Samipeni Finau who delivered that monster tackle on reserve Tahs tighthead prop Siosifa Amone, as they sent shockwaves throughout the ground, especially the entire stadium in fact ("Bang! What a tackle!" As Aussie league legend Cameron Smith would say in the NRL section of the Rugby League 26 game commentary, so too is Brian Carney who is the former British & Irish dual code international in the Super League commentary section of that same computer game) for which I recited that Ward 4 line from the Jonah Lomu Rugby game where I always say every time a player takes a big hit on a player who carries the pill of "Mercy me! That could've put him in Ward 4! I hope not, that's a maternity ward" (Although Dad who told me before on the 5th of April that he can't do the English accent while I can), but that's one for the highlight reel in years to come (Maybe the tackle of the season! For the Chiefs! Finau & Oh! Cop that! Cop that big time!), & Roman Reigns (Or Jey Uso, then Bron Breakker), eat your heart out (Or more like both Brian 'The Chiropractor' Lima who once played for Manu Samoa, or the late All Black Jerry 'JC' Collins (Cousin of Tana Umaga who was one of the hardest hitters in the game along with Lima according to the previous stories on my blogs before) with their signature hard but thumping tackles at the 2003 men's Rugby World Cup tournament), because Finau's thumping hit on Amone reminds me of Roman (Or Jey then Bron), & his trademark finisher of the Spear currently used in the WWE)

& Queensland Reds 19 - 42 Western Force (And it was the Western Force who produced the shocks of the round, as they stunned the Queensland Reds in Brisbane for the rarest of wins there in enemy territory (Including a hat-trick from Argentinian lock Franco Molina who produced a stunning upset there, but the Queensland Reds would've moved up to 3rd if they won, & they didn't in the end) when the Western Force's season who they thought that they were on life support, then they put the defibrillator on, but league convert or code hopper I should say of Zac Lomax who was due to make his debut for his new club pulled out after hurting his hamstring during training (Or more like practice) on Thursday, therefore he has to wait in order to recover to make it in time for their upcoming match against the Fijian Drua at Churchill Park in Lautoka).

So that is my 701st blog of the year 2026 (MMXXVI) & my 53rd of this year, viva Ukraine.

To Live & Die in Whanganui: My 700th blog special (AKA my 52nd Blog of the year 2026)

Well, hi everybody, & welcome back to another blog, I'm Whetu Ngapo & you're tuning in to my KiwiAvenger blog here on blogger (Well, welcome ladies & gents to my 700th blog special where the title of this blog is inspired by the 1985 Hollywood movie thriller of To Live & Die in L.A. featuring the likes of film stars appearing in that movie such as William Petersen & Willem Dafoe), but first that Dad got both my pills that I originally ran out, & of course the 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany PlayStation 2 game had turned up instead of next week which is post-Easter where I literally enjoyed it (And there were players from the past like 20 years ago that are in the game such as the world champion Italy side from that year way back with players such as Gianluigi Buffon, Alessandro Nesta, Fabio Cannavaro, Francesco Totti, & Alessandro Del Piero in the team, along with other big names that appeared in the game at the time from different countries such as Thierry Henry, Oliver Kahn, John Terry, Adriano, Pablo Aimar, Cristiano Ronaldo, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Iker Casillas, Petr Cech, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Ivan Klasnic, Jerzy Dudek, Alexander Frei, Andriy Shevchenko, Oswaldo Sanchez, Claudio Reyna, Shinji Ono, Lee Young-pyo, & Harry Kewell, compared to today where they now have modern day stars like Kylian Mbappe, Pedri, Harry Kane, Joshua Kimmich, Erling Haaland, Raphinha, Virgil van Dijk, Mo Salah, Sadio Mane, Achraf Hakimi, Antoine Semenyo, Scott McTominay, Konrad Laimer, Ermedin Demirovic, Thibaut Courtois, Gregor Kobel, Vitinha, Lautaro Martinez, Federico Valverde, Josko Gvardiol, Christian Pulisic, Alphonso Davies, Julian Quinyones, Luis Diaz, Takefusa Kubo, Son Heung-min, Alexander Isak, Patrik Schick, Hakan Calhanoglu, Ronwen Williams, Mathew Ryan, & our own Chris Wood), therefore it sounded like that I'm on cloud 9 to me because it is my 17th PlayStation 2 game that I own since Rugby 08 was my first PS2 game that I had as my birthday gift last year before getting WRC Rally Evolved, Rugby 2004 & EA Sports Rugby 2005 even before I purchased my PlayStation 2 slim console to add to both the PS5 Pro & the Xbox Series X 2 TB consoles respectively as part of reliving my days playing on that retro console, the purchased 16 more, including Gran Turismo 3 A-Spec & Midnight Club 3 DUB Edition Remix (That I haven't played in many years) at Cash Converters (Where I bought Need for Speed: Underground & Cricket 2004 all along) as well as V8 Supercars Australia 2 & V8 Supercars 3 at the old EB Games before it was closed down entirely along with Need for Speed Hot Pursuit 2 & FIFA 10, & then Star Wars Battlefront 2004 & Star Wars Battlefront II 2005 games that I've got after Christmas, & the Cricket 07 & Rugby League 2 games were exactly from Trade Me that I requested it for Dad to buy for me.

And secondly that I had another decent day on Good Friday such as doing gaming, then listening to Brian FM as well as picking feijoas up & making a devilled sausage meal that me & Pops were having for a dinner, & watching the rugby of course like we always do & posting my blog for my Good Friday special as well as I'm still working on my future blogs that I'm due to post (And a day later I was having breakfast, then watching the replay of the Crusaders against the Fijian Drua game, as well as going for my traditional morning walk, & us going to the market, then Cash Converters, & the Vinyl Room, but we're due to go to St John's Club Elms Restaurant for lunch as of April 4th for where I'll be having Tuscan chicken (And then also a day later that I was watching the Chiefs against the New South Wales game from the 4th of April, then played my fave game on the PS5 that is Gran Turismo 7 for I'm still waiting for me to buy an Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI touring car at the legends dealership in game, but they haven't found one available so I check regularly daily until it is found, before I even played the PlayStation 2 for which is the Star Wars Battlefront II 2005 game that I still literally enjoy, as well as the Cricket 07 & Rugby 08 ones that I played before making an Easter Sunday dinner special where me & Pops ate that meal, & after that that I posted food photos that I took from the month of February this year, but how does both Kontessa Ngapo & Diana Green (+ Kenzi Stier (Son of that female teacher who taught me during my technology days at Raetihi Primary School & an old boy of Ruapehu College just like me, but how would I know him, because of that friend suggestions stuff that he tells me) who I accepted his friend request due to the fact that I haven't contacted him since 2009 where I previously been on Facebook) know me that often? Because both of them who accepted my friend request, & now I have 50 friends on Facebook so, I must've been ecstatic about the 2 of Kontessa (One of Pops friends on FB who lives in Kennedy Bay in Coromandel which is located in the Thames Valley province) & Diana (Who I haven't contacted her for 20 years where I went to Ruapehu College with her, but now she lives in Waharoa in the Waikato province), then Giovanna Hall who I have not seen her along with her Indian husband since 2017 when me & Pops were at Caroline's, so I guess I've got 52 friends recently on Facebook now) just like my friend Andy Webb's cousin Marisa Lopez, then I'm currently typing new material on my future blogs that I will be posting.

And thirdly that the sport of football as the Europeans call it, is referred to soccer in North America, especially both Canada & the United States, but I'm divided about the 2 names so I decided to call it football (Soccer), while the late Leon always says the European term instead of the North American one, & I call rugby union as rugby, & rugby league as league in order to differentiate between the 2 names, & there's motor sport who I refer to it as motor racing just like Pops, others like in America & Canada where it's known as auto racing, & meanwhile that I always call the sport of American football as gridiron because it sounds foreign to me as its an all-American name, just like ice hockey is simply known as hockey in both North America & parts of Europe.

And lastly in music related stuff that I have revealed my 2nd fave Canadian rock band is, & it's Our Lady Peace that I love because of the song 'Innocent' that I first heard back in 2002, but Nickelback would have to still be my fave rock band from the Great White North (And I love other famous Canadian rock musicians such as Alanis Morissette (AKA the Madonna of rock, but there was a song by Michelle Branch (Who is rock music's version of Christina according to the previous stories that I did on my blogs) called 'Everywhere' where it was based on the sound of Alanis), then Avril Lavigne (Known as rock's equivalent of Britney) & Alannah Myles) at least.

So that is my 700th blog of the year 2026 (MMXXVI) & my 52nd of this year, viva Ukraine.

Danger Zone: My 51st Blog of the year 2026

Well, welcome to our readers here in New Zealand, & around the world, I'm Whetu Ngapo & you're tuning in to my KiwiAvenger blog here on blogger, but first in the football (Soccer) that the All Whites (Coached by English born Darren Bazeley (A former player who used to play for the New Zealand Knights A-League team) who will be the 3rd All Whites coach at a Football (Soccer) men's World Cup after fellow Englishman John Adshead in 1982, & Ricki Herbert (The former defender who was involved in 1982 (Captained by the late English born Steve Sumner), & the only New Zealand born manager to guide New Zealand through to the World Cup) in 2010 (Led by Ryan Nelsen at the time) go into the friendly against England due in May with a emphatic 4 - 1 win over Chile at Eden Park in Auckland during the FIFA International Series (Our last game on home soil before the Football (Soccer) men's World Cup is held in North America), even though we're without our inspirational leader Chris Wood (A member of the 2010 side that last went to football/soccer's global showpiece event when it was held in South Africa, & was the youngest All Whites player at the time at 18, because now he's 34 years of age, & leading our country's national side at a tournament that is taking place in North America this year (The first time I actually saw the All Whites playing in the World Cup on TV was in 2010 where we had all 3 draws against Slovakia, Italy & Paraguay (And we have never lost a FIFA World Cup match since against Brazil in Sevilla, Spain way back in 1982), & it'll be the 2nd time I could possibly watch New Zealand play in the Football (Soccer) World Cup as we are in a tough draw in Group G, along with possibly but potentially the UAE (If Iran chose to withdraw that tournament due to their war against the US, & they still haven't decided whether the United Arab Emirates could fill in for the Iranians (Who had to lose their late previous Supreme leader (Whose son had taken over from that slain leader who had been the Ayatollah of that country from 1989 until February 28th this year) in which the nation mourned them, so he'll be sadly but greatly missed), the Pharaohs of Egypt (Led by Liverpool's star talisman Mohamed Salah), & one of the European powerhouses of the Red Devils of Belgium (Featuring their key player of goalkeeper who currently plays for Real Madrid (Formerly Chelsea) of Thibaut Courtois) who is currently recovering from a knee injury, & is on track to return to his club Nottingham Forest (Who I could've supported that club since Wood is playing for them, mainly because I'm mainly an FC Barcelona supporter (And Chelsea fan as well due to being my fave English club) for the latter stages of the Premier League, while Iraq (Coached by an Aussie A-League legend named Graham Arnold who imposed a social media clamp down towards their players who are having sleepless nights when the Iraqis who haven't been to football/soccer's global showpiece event in 40 years where they last appeared way back in 1986) are through to the World Cup by beating Bolivia in one of the intercontinental playoff games, but the United Arab Emirates who is the next highest ranked team in the Asia confederation could be an ideal replacement for Iran who chose to pull out from the tournament (And if the UAE don't compete, 3 of their teams such as the Belgians, the Egyptians, & us could be awarded wins against the Iranians via forfeit or walkover I should say by awarding the automatic 3 points in the group) due to their war against the US as well as their travel suspension being handed down by the Americans saying that the Iranians won't travel to countries that are entirely hostile (But the latest update as the conflict in the Middle East means that the fuel prices remain high in which the world is in ruins, & in total shock caused by the invasion in Iran even though with many of our Kiwis are interested or should I say, turning our attention of considering switching to electric vehicles (EVs) as an alternative cost cutting measure because of these being popular sustainable cars that are on high demand which will turn our heads of affording one according to the newspaper report from the Whanganui Chronicle that I saw on April 4th this year (And I'm not happy about the current situation in Iran that has still been going since the last day of February this year (And I just don't know it) with the assassination of the Iranian supreme leader therefore triggering a horrendous conflict in which the Iranians under new management had been overwhelmingly dominant against the joint Israeli-American military effort for which are about to be outnumbered on that occasion, because they need more troops so that they can win the war, but there are none (And I hate the 3 of them such as Iran, Israel & the US (Especially the far-right wing conservative people) due to them being so damn evil just like that country who started that dreadful invasion since 2022 that I can't stand at the moment along with the Iranians, the Israelis, the Americans who are right wing conservatives & the rest of the Axis of Upheaval countries due to me showing hostility between the 6 countries who are classified as downright enemies meaning that I always show solidarity to Ukraine (And Aunty Tan once alluded to me in December last year that if I see a Ukrainian person that I must show respect & kindness towards them), but at least we're safe along with Australia because of having good relations with them except on the sporting field according to the previous stories that I did on my blogs, but recently that Air Chathams have announced that they're expecting to reduce flights as the fuel cost prices have been doubled when the fuel crisis is set to start on April 20th meaning that the inflation rate is still high & serious as surging fuel cost had forced Air Chathams to cut services such as trimming a significant number of flights from several North Island routes which had been affected by the unsustainability following the cost of jet fuel had been skyrocketed not once but twice the amount as the company is the only airline flying to the Chatham Islands providing a vital connection to the mainland for passengers & freight, & has been increased financial pressure due to the rising cost of fuel as the world is crippled with the new oil crisis this year which could be scary (And it's not over), could even be worse than 1973 when they once had the Yom Kippur war which was an invasion between Israel against Egypt, Jordan, & Syria that changed the world, as well as 1979 also when they once had the Iranian revolution a year before the Iran/Iraq conflict took place in 1980 & even worse, in 2022 when they had that dreadful war over there in Ukraine against the country who started it).

And secondly in gaming related news that the Tekken character of Bryan Fury who made his debut in the 3rd game, & has appeared it since is based on the Blade Runner villain Roy Batty who was played by the late Dutch film star Rutger Hauer, while the United Nations agent of Raven (Who first appeared in Tekken 5 (And its expansion pack of Tekken: Dark Resurrection), then Tekken 6 & recently Tekken 8) is also based on African American actor who played Blade of Wesley Snipes, then the most famous of them all is Marshall Law (Who made his debut in the first Tekken before appearing in Tekken 2 before his son Forest took over from him in the 3rd game, & has reappeared since the 4th Tekken game) being based on the late Chinese-American martial arts film star Bruce Lee, as well as the character Nina Williams (Who has appeared in every Tekken game along with Heihachi Mishima, Paul Phoenix & Yoshimitsu) is based off Sarah Bryant from Virtua Fighter who is also based on the character from the Terminator series, Sarah Connor, & another one of the Tekken characters of Lei Wulong who last appeared on Tekken 7 (His debut game was the 2nd one), is inspired by the Hong Kong martial arts action film star & stuntman Jackie Chan.

And thirdly that here are the list of matches taking place at WrestleMania XLII (Which will be hosted by WWE legend, future Hall of Famer, & former 17-time world champion John Cena, while WrestleMania, is like the Superbowl of wrestling (And it's similar to NASCAR's Daytona 500, IndyCar's Indy 500, Formula One's Monaco Grand Prix & the Supercars Championship's Bathurst 1000 as the premier motor racing events in the world & has of the NRL Grand Final (Always held at Accor Stadium in Sydney from 1999 until 2020 & since 2022), the UEFA Champions League final (Held in many big football (Soccer) specific stadiums throughout Europe) & the Super Rugby Pacific final as well as an international rugby test match & a international football/soccer game, an international cricket match & an league international test feel) as well as having an atmosphere of a final of a World Cup, whether its rugby, football (Soccer), cricket (Like the ODI Cricket World Cup & the T20 Cricket World Cup) & league as well as the final of a major tennis grand slam whether its Australia, France, Wimbledon & the United States) over in Las Vegas, Nevada in the United States on April 18th to 19th such as CM Punk defending his WWE World Heavyweight crown against his main rival Roman Reigns (The winner of the men's Royal Rumble this year who is one of 4 members of the famed Anoa'i wrestling family to win the Royal Rumble along with the late Yokozuna, Roman's cousin of the Rock, & one of both the Rock & Roman's relatives of Jey Uso (Although Roman this year managed to follow his footsteps of his first cousin once removed of Jey's success from last year, therefore propelling but thrusting into the main event at WrestleMania against Punk for the WWE World Heavyweight crown) as the headline act on night 2, followed by Cody Rhodes (Son of the late 'American Dream' of famous wrestler Dusty & brother of retired wrestler Dustin (Formerly Goldust) who is married to his African American wife Brandi & have their daughter of Liberty, but he has since sported his trademark blonde hair in honour of his late dad) putting his Undisputed WWE Championship against his former tag team stablemate during the days of the Legacy of Randy Orton (Also the son of the late famous wrestler of 'Cowboy' Bob who was once an apprentice & protege of Triple H during the days of Evolution along with 'The Animal' Batista & Charlotte's dad of 'The Nature Boy' Ric Flair) as part of the main event during night 1, while Chilean wrestler Stephanie Vaquer also defends her WWE Women's World Championship title against Liv Morgan (The Jersey girl (Along with AJ Lee who is the one that is married to CM Punk) who dominated the women's Royal Rumble during the same year) who emerged as the top qualifier of the men's Elimination Chamber match at Elimination Chamber, & Aussie women's wrestler Rhea Ripley (Who is the highest rated women's superstar in the WWE 2K26 game at 96 overall, as well as being by far, the country's most successful wrestler according to the previous stories that I did (As well as one of WWE's most successful international women's wrestling stars, due to the fact that the WWE has gone so international), & the biggest modern day main star of the show attraction in women's wrestling (Compared to both Canadian Trish Stratus & Lita dominating the women's division in the WWE during the mid noughties decade, especially 20 years ago back in 2006 when they once had the Ruthless Aggression era, so too is the late Chyna that they once had her during the Attitude era in the late 90s, & Irishwoman Becky Lynch (Another one of the successful non-American women's superstars along with Stratus, & Ripley (The Sam Kerr of wrestling), then she is one of the European stars in the making (Just like Germany's Dirk Nowitzki in the NBA, but now they have Slovenia's Luka Doncic, Serbia's Nikola Jokic, Greece's Giannis Antetokounmpo, & France's Victor Wembanyama) just like the only Scottish & British born WWE champion of Drew McIntyre (Also the Andy Murray of wrestling), in which the foreign legion has now exactly taken over) during the New Era (Or more like the new PG era) as well during the late 2010s, then she's fallen behind Ripley in the pecking order in terms of her overall rating in the 2K26 video game), but she's classified as a goth due to her gimmick, & I remember that Rhea's Australian accent is widely regarded as the sweetest in the world according to Pat McAfee, the former NFL punter who hosts his show of the Pat McAfee show that I saw it then which was from the year before just prior to the events of WM 40 where Ripley successfully defended her championship against Becky, & after WrestleMania that she got injured when Morgan attacked her on Raw, especially on Ripley's shoulder that caused a bit of damage, therefore she had made the decision to vacate her title when Rhea delivered the heartbreaking news towards the WWE universe) gets the chance to challenge against female African American wrestler of Jade 'The Storm' Cargill (Formerly from AEW (The WWE's rival company who previously had both Cody Rhodes, & CM Punk as their main stars who thrived the AEW wrestling community, especially the fanatics tuning in) who puts her WWE Women's Championship on the line (Plus there are other matches to take place, such as McIntyre (The only Scottish & British born WWE Champion who lost the Undisputed WWE title against Cody weeks in the leadup to WrestleMania) taking on his new rival Tama Tonga, then that newbie from Nigeria of Oba Femi goes face to face against the wily old experienced veteran of the returning Brock Lesnar (Who made his shocking return in the WWE at Summerslam last year which drew the fans who have gone wild), as well as Bron Breakker (The ex-Intercontinental champion) squaring off against his old stablemate of the Vision of Seth Rollins, & a fatal 4 way women's tag team title match taking place with the Irresistible Forces of Nia Jax, & Lash Legend defending their titles respectively against CharLexa of Alexa Bliss, & Charlotte Flair, as well as Bayley, & Lyra Valkyria, & Brie Bella, & the returning Paige who would take the injured Nikki Bella's place back in March) as the winner of the Elimination Chamber women's match, with coverage of WM XLII is expected to be shown on the WWE Network in the United States, & is available on Netflix (Who has the current broadcasting rights to the WWE, & their games division of Netflix Games has claimed licensing rights to this year's Football (Soccer) men's World Cup tournament, in gaming form) around the world (And my fave WrestleMania memory would have to be the Undertaker famously beating 'HBK' Shawn Michaels (Who ended the career of 'Naitch' a year before that at WM XXIV for Shawn's last ever win at the event) at WrestleMania XV way back in 2009 during the 'PG Era' in one of the greatest matches at the Grandest Stage of Them All of all-time, compared to Ripley's encounter over Ric's daughter Charlotte Flair during the 'Renaissance Era' or the 'Triple H era' I should say in 2023 also during night 1 at WrestleMania 39 where they both started off slowly once the championship match got underway, then the lady known as 'Mami' would gone on to win that epic but thrilling contest where 'The Eradicator' became the WWE Smackdown women's champion at the time in one of the greatest women's matches at the Showcase of the Immortals, of all time, but special & honourable mentions go to the late great Hulk Hogan body slamming the late Andre the Giant at WrestleMania 3 during 'The Golden Era', then Seth Rollins (Who lost to Orton earlier in the day with Randy connecting the greatest RKO finisher of all time when he did it in mid-air as Rollins who also was attempting to pull off his own finisher called the Stomp) cashing in his Money in the Bank contract just to become champion at WrestleMania 31 in a match against Brock Lesnar & Reigns (Who was on the verge of being a victor that could've got away) dubbed as 'The Heist of the Century' during 'The Reality Era', a year after Lesnar who would gone on to end the Undertaker's undefeated streak at WrestleMania during WM XXX in one of the most shocking results in WM history also during 'The Reality Era', & Cody becoming the Undisputed WWE Champion for the first time ever at WrestleMania XL the year before as he at last, beat Roman Reigns to exact vengeance from the result at WM 39 in 2023 where he missed out on that occasion against him (Including a sneak assault from Solo Sikoa (Whose real middle name is Yokozuna is named in honour of his late uncle of Rodney 'Yokozuna' Anoa'i, then he is the son of Fatu from the Headshrinkers who later became Rikishi, as well as the nephew of the late 'Samoan Bulldozer' of Umaga (Solo uses his late uncle's finisher, of the patented Samoan Spike as a tribute to him), & brother of twin bros Jey, & Jimmy of the Usos who will team up with LA Knight against Austin Theory & Logan Paul of the Vision with internet personality Ishowspeed) that left 'The American Nightmare' cold, allowing 'The Big Dog' to take his advantage of defending the Undisputed WWE championship crown), to finally complete the story in one of the most incredible endings to a wrestling event that the WWE universe had ever witnessed as the Rhodes name had been etched into WWE history also during 'The Renaissance/Triple H Era' which was during a Bloodline loopholes title match, as well as the Rock (Now Dwayne Johnson) taking on the late Hogan (Who infamously lost to the late Ultimate Warrior at WM VI way back in 1990 in a match that was colloquially known as 'The Ultimate Challenge', in a champion against champion where one emerged who would gone on in a moment of passing that torch also during 'The Golden Era') at WrestleMania X8 back in 2002 during the last months of the 'Attitude Era' in a match billed as 'Icon against legend' (A year after Rock's loss against 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin (Who infamously faced Bret Hart who won that match at WrestleMania XIII in a submission match in which the fans who had enough of showing hostility towards 'Stone Cold' by appreciating him during the match, while for 'The Hitman' that the WWE universe also had enough of appreciating him by showing hostility towards Hart instead as at that moment, where Austin passed out on that patented Sharpshooter submission hold made by 'The Excellence of Execution') again as well as the WWE title at X-Seven also back in 2001 also during 'The Attitude Era' who hit him with the steel chair being given to the once chairman of the WWE who aligned with 'The Texas Rattlesnake' after the title match 17 times just to wear 'The People's Champion' down by beating the man known as 'The Brahma Bull' during the WWE title at WrestleMania X7 for which was no holds barred (2 years before 'The Great One' who would gone on to finally beat 'Stone Cold' (His last loss at the grandest stage of them all, until he returned in 2022 at WM 38 during the beginning of 'The Renaissance (Triple H) Era' one last time as he had gone on to finish his wrestling career with a win against Kevin 'KO' Owens in his one-off appearance (Although Austin's first match was in his home state of Texas) at WM XIX back in 2003 during 'The Ruthless Aggression Era' after both attempts that he tried, then failed), & 'The Bad Guy' Razor Ramon's encounter against 'Mr WrestleMania' himself of Michaels in a ladder match at WM X which was perhaps one of the greatest during 'The New Generation Era', & WrestleMania eventually becoming KofiMania when Ghanian born American Kofi Kingston who defied the odds of becoming the new champion at the time in an emotional way against Daniel Bryan (Who currently wrestles in All-Elite Wrestling under his real name, Bryan Danielson), especially in front of his kids at WM 34 in 2019 (That was the year before the events of COVID had struck with the pandemic, so WM 35 was held at the WWE Performance Center instead without hardly any fans in 2020 during 'The Pandemic Era' or more like 'The Work rate Era', the only time they did so (And there were matchups including the late Bray Wyatt's win over Cena, therefore avenging his demons from his defeat against him in 2014, then Rhea on her WrestleMania debut beating Charlotte first time round to defend her NXT championship crown, 3 years before their next ever meeting at WM between the 2 women's superstar wrestlers that set the tone in which "Judgment is the Queen") during 'The New Era', or 'New PG Era', well, it's all happening as Bill Lawry would say.

And finally in the rugby that the Crusaders last game at the Apollo Projects Stadium (For which had been opened back in 2012 (A year after tragedy had struck when an earthquake had hit the city of Christchurch on February 22nd that year where Lancaster Park got damaged (The last try scorer at that venue was 'Sladey' himself of future twice men's Rugby World Cup winning All Black of Colin Slade during the 2010 NPC final against Waikato, just 3 months before the earthquake had been struck on February 22nd, 2011 (For which was World Cup year) so they had to close it, then demolish it...But their first match altogether was against the Cheetahs of South Africa, while the golden memories of that ground was Sam Whitelock's incredible run where he scored a magnificent try against the Reds also back in 2015 before even leaving the field with an injury after that amazing run, then the Crusaders 4 titles that they retained the Super Rugby crown back in 2018 against the Lions in the final, then also back in 2019 where we won the championship 3 times in a row against the Jaguares of Argentina, then in 2021 against the Chiefs to defend & retain the Super Rugby Aotearoa title, & last year where they did the same against the Chiefs to regain the Super Rugby Pacific crown at that ground, then Mitch Hunt's field goal that sent the Crusaders fans into a frenzy when they beat the Highlanders back in 2017, & Wyatt 'Crocky/Crockzilla' Crockett's 202 games (For that has been surpassed by wily old veteran of Brumbies prop James Slipper) which was during the final against the Lions that I just mentioned before on this blog also back in 2018, & the Crusaders semifinal win over the Blues which was the most dominant performance ever by a home team at that ground), but their last official sports match at that venue will be a football/soccer game when the Wellington Phoenix will play against the Western Sydney Wanderers during an A-League match on April 18th a week prior to ANZAC day) will be against the Fijian Drua on Good Friday in Christchurch before they move in to the brand spanking new, state of the art Te Kaha Stadium that had already been opened its doors, but the new venue won't host a rugby game until the very 1st match of the Super Round against the New South Wales Waratahs (Who'll play against the Chiefs at FMG Stadium Waikato on the 4th of April on the same day as the Queensland Reds play the Western Force with one of their new players making their debut for the team off the bench of former league player Zac Lomax who switches codes from the sport that he used to play when he played for both the Parramatta Eels NRL & New South Wales State of Origin teams, to rugby now that he is learning the game, & he used to play it during schoolboy level, but we're through the mid-way point during the season), but however he did not play through a hamstring injury sustained during training) due on April 24th a day prior to ANZAC day.

So that is my 699th blog of the year 2026 (MMXXVI) & my 51st of this year, viva Ukraine.

No Aphrodisiac: 50th Blog of the year 2026

Well, welcome to our readers here in New Zealand, & around the world, I'm Whetu Ngapo & you're tuning in to my KiwiAvenger blog here on blogger, but first that the commentary team for Rugby 25 consists of Scottish play-by-play caller Andrew Cotter who is joined by both Welshmen of Jonathan 'Jiffy' Davies who is the former rugby & league player who provides the expert comments, & the sideline commentator is Sean Holley, meanwhile in Rugby League 26 that the NRL commentary team also consists of veteran Aussie play-by-play announcer Andrew 'Vossy' Voss who is also joined by Australian rugby league legend Cameron Smith who also provides the expert comments, while the Super League commentary team features Englishman Dave Woods who is the play-by-play caller as well as former British & Irish league & rugby player Brian Carney who is the expert comments person, & the commentary team in the Cricket 26 game includes ex-English player David 'DG' Gower who is the ball-by-ball announcer in the first class test format, compared to either both Aussie cricket legends of Adam 'Gilly' Gilchrist (Or Damien 'Flem' Fleming since the latest update) as the ball-by-ball commentator in the limited overs format such as List A One Day International & T20, also meanwhile female English cricket broadcaster Alison 'Ali' Mitchell provides expert comments in all formats as she joins Gower in tests & Gilchrist or Fleming in limited overs formats.

And secondly in league such as the New Zealand Warriors fall short for the first time this NRL season against the West Tigers (Which featured the likes of players such as Fiji's Apisai Koroisau, as well as Samoa's Jarome Luai, & Lebanese player Adam Doueihi who made the difference of winning that certain game at golden point through a drop goal by Doueihi) following an injury to one of their key players of New South Wales player Mitch Barnett who is injured again, & could miss the entire State of Origin only if the injury looks to be severe which could be heartbreaking for NSW Blues & their chances of winning back Origin (And our next game could be against the Sharks away in Cronulla in Sydney where we would seeking to bounce back after a misfortune at home against the Tigers, & I mean what went wrong for the Wahs? Such as we did not get the consistency right in the aftermath of Barnett getting hurt for that really was the turning point) against Queensland who had been the current holders since last year in which they came 1 - 0 down to overturn a deficit of 2 - 1 as they won the last State of Origin.

And thirdly in football (soccer) as Italy miss out on failing to qualify for the 3rd time in a row which proved costly when one of their players had been shown the red card just before the halftime break, therefore they had to play with 10 players for the rest of the game, after their defeat on penalties against Bosnia & Herzegovina who marched on into the Football (Soccer) men's World Cup finals for the first time since 2014 for that really was the upsets in international football (Soccer) history just like North Macedonia did them against the Italians in 2022 (Sorry Iceland Vs England Euro 2016, I would like to take it back), including the Bosnians who thought that they were down & out, scored an equalizer at the buzzer which proved to be the game changer because of the Italians who scored early first (And this is similar to the delayed Euro 2020 final at Wembley in 2021 that England led early, but Italy equalized during the 2nd half before claiming their 2nd Euros crown after their win on spot kicks that the English fans were mad against each other after their loss, so they rioted similar to the US Capitol buildings insurrection in the same year with many arrests being made on charges for mass assaults from football/soccer hooligans, before they even got sentenced for the crimes that they committed), then the match had to be played at extra time & when no further sides traded goals, it had gone into spot kicks in which they made a difference (And why do the Italians always fail in football of not making the World Cup compared to other sports like cricket & rugby? Well, they always make it into the Euros, but it's so difficult for them when other teams like Norway & Bosnia who both seemed to be competitive therefore there was a gap between depth (The Italian coach is a former World Cup winning player of Gennaro Gattuso who tried to train his next generation of players up to shape, but they failed) so that they can level the international playing field (First Sweden a year before the 2018 tournament, then North Macedonia in 2022, & recently Bosnia & Herzegovina this year that the Italians weren't able to continue by not making it through the tournament (Compared to the big European teams such as Belgium, Croatia, the English, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Portugal, & Spain) by struggling to get beyond the weaker teams who have known for the ability to win (And I think I got it right were I think the Bosnians were going to win when they had the home field advantage after managing to survive on penalties in the UEFA World Cup qualification semifinal against Wales, so they have done it again in succession), so that's why that Italy have an inability of making the World Cup of course, as they ran out of ideas of winning such as the lack of consistency, & so many mistakes such as players getting dismissed for foul play) for that really was inevitable, while other results in the UEFA World Cup qualification such as Sweden, Czechia, & Türkiye having made it past Poland, Denmark, & Kosovo in their matches respectively.

And lastly that I was having a decent day on the 1st day of April such as playing the new Japanese GT500 pack on the Project Motor Racing game as well as Rugby 25 & Rugby League 26 games respectively (Where I download the Te Kaha Stadium in Christchurch (The largest city in the South Island & the 2nd largest here in our country ahead of Wellington, but behind Auckland) on both games, then I played RL 26 as the New Zealand Warriors against the Dolphins first at Hnry Stadium in Welly where I beat them 48 - 0, then the North Queensland Cowboys at One New Zealand Stadium which had been created in the game then shared online with a 42 - 0 score line, then in the Rugby 25 game where I played as both the Crusaders & the AB's, against the Waratahs & France respectively at Te Kaha (For that the venue had to be also be created in the game then shared online) in which I beat both of them in the 2 games ended up with the score of 84 - 0), then going to Burger King for lunch where I had a spicy Southern fried chicken burger with fries & water there, then playing Gran Turismo 7 before doing the lawnmowing & picking up feijoas (And we have heaps of them meaning that we have the best crop of my favourite fruit ever compared to both last year, & the year before) as well as putting out the general waste bin for which I got a NZ$70 bonus for mowing the lawn for which I always do it every Wednesday (But I'm going to my bank that is Bank of New Zealand on the 10th of April so I can put my cash onto my EFTPOS card for which I always do every 2 months during the spring, summer & autumn months, but not so much for the winter months).

So that is my 698th blog of the year 2026 (MMXXVI) & my 50th of this year, viva Ukraine.

P.S. And I would like to give a shoutout to Pops for his 79th birthday today (He's due to have his big one next year of 80), so I want to wish him all the best out here today, buckle up ladies & gentlemen...Watch this space, good luck.

Little L: My 49th Blog of the year 2026

Well, welcome to our readers here in New Zealand, & around the world, I'm Whetu Ngapo & you're tuning in to my KiwiAvenger blog here on blogger, but first in music that there are both eras of AC/DC, such as the Scott era that they used to have from 1974 until 1979 where they had by far, the best era ever until their lead singer Bon Scott passed away in that year of '79, & currently they're into the Johnson era where they have been operating since 1980, just like Linkin Park that they are still having the Armstrong era when that female vocalist Emily Armstrong from Dead Sara (The band that the Foo Fighters lead singer & rhythm guitarist of Dave Grohl is fond of) who was a co-founder of her previous band took over as the lead singer of the band since the year before (And I thought that the lead singer of that band isn't a man) because they used to have the Bennington era when the late Chester Bennington (His son Jamie convinced along with other people that they were outraged about her taking over from his late dad Chester), who used to be the frontman of the band who joined way back in 1999 a year before they released their debut album back in 2000, until 2017 where he took his own life on his late good friend Chris Cornell's birthday.

And secondly that I always say 'Away we go' once we head to town for a meal, the market or shopping when Pops takes off from home when I'm in the car, as well as me gaming every time a motor race or a sports game like rugby, cricket, league & football/soccer match starts, but I also utter the words 'Here we go again' when we take off once more or if the 2nd half of a rugby, league or football/soccer game is underway for that is inspired by the famous line from the golden droid C-3P0 (See Threepio) who is human cyborg relations on the Star Wars Return of the Jedi movie).

And thirdly that the reason why I love the country of Ireland (AKA the Emerald Isle that is not the only country that is green, dollars are too according to Patrick 'Packie' McReary from the Grand Theft Auto IV game during the heist mission of Three Leaf Clover for that really was considered the GOAT of all the GTA games in the entire series that really is the most controversial ever) is because of the music bands of both U2 that are still going or operating (Such as being active), & the Cranberries that they used to have, same as Canada (Better known as the Great White North) that I also love that country (Although Aunty Tan is now a Canadian citizen (Although she always spoke perfect Francais, because of her spending time in France of learning that language (Just like the Irish rugby referee of French descent of Alain Rolland who took charge of the 2007 men's Rugby World Cup final between England, & eventual champions South Africa, but never refereed the 2011 final between France & also the eventual champions of the AB's due to one particular controversial decision in the semi that saw Welsh skipper at the time of Sam Warburton sent off for a lifting tackle on a French player that resulted him of missing the 3rd & 4th place playoff against Australia) because of her being with Rejean who is from Canada as well) as well because of their band Nickelback as well as other musicians such as Our Lady Peace, Alanis Morissette, Avril Lavigne & Alannah Myles.

And finally that I'm about the same weight of 126 kg (Although I'm changed to a kilo of 127 kilos, as of July 4th) of the All Black prop during his playing days for when he made his international debut against Ireland (In which our captain at the time of Tana Umaga didn't play because of the Irish fans who were outraged by showing hostility towards him for being involved in an incident where he should've been shown the send off offence for intentionally taking Brian O'Driscoll (The British & Irish Lions skipper at the time) out of commission where he did a dirty move such as a tip tackle on him that caused the injury in which he should've probably been suspended for that in wake of the incident, but there was a heightened security presence when the AB's showed up as they arrived in Ireland that there was protectors/security managers everywhere surrounding the team by guarding them according to Jim Kayes the rugby correspondent on the All Blacks 2005 Grand Slam doco which was shown on Sky Sport last year (And there was the match against England where we knocked the scum off just like the late Sir Edmund Hillary who famously said it according to Mils Muliaina that ended in a close encounter (Including the try scored by Umaga, was his 37th & last in test rugby (Same as the late great Jonah Lomu) where he attempted a dive that went terrible, & wayward) just before the Scotland test which was Tana Umaga's last game as an All Black when he retired from international rugby) way back in 2005 (That's 2 years before the only time we lost in a men's Rugby World Cup quarterfinal at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff for that was against the hosts at the time of France who hadn't conceded a penalty by the English referee for the final 50 minutes of the game so we had got the wrong picture there, compared to having the right picture when we won in 2011 at home according to the Richie McCaw: the Openside autobiography book) of John Afoa (Who grew mutton chops as he reminisced the good old days during the retro/throwback tours such as the 70s), because of me being built like a forward while Pops is still in his rugby playing weight is like being built like a back (And during his rugby playing days that he first started as a winger, then a midfielder followed by a loose forward, & then a lock forward as I heard from one of Pops stories that I remember from the past).

So that is my 697th blog of the year 2026 (MMXXVI) & my 49th of this year, viva Ukraine.

Tear in My Heart: My 48th Blog of the year 2026

Well, welcome to our readers here in New Zealand, & around the world, I'm Whetu Ngapo & you're tuning in to my KiwiAvenger blog here on blogger, but first in gaming that here is the list of PS2 games that I'm getting in a couple of weeks that I'm requesting for Dad to buy on Trade Me (And I'll do it twice a month, but I'll ask Dad when it is pay day, & I have to hand him money because of how many the old PlayStation 2 game costs):

April: Rugby 06 (Got it already)

May: F1 04 (Confirmed), EA Sports Rugby (Also confirmed)

June: F1 Career Challenge *1, Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (PlayStation 2 game) *1

July: Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4

August: Midnight Club II, Midnight Club Street Racing

September: Colin McRae Rally 2005, Need for Speed Underground 2

October: Need for Speed Carbon Collector's Edition, Stacey Jones Rugby League

*1: My birthday gift from Aunty Tan (Already confirmed as of June 27th)

And secondly that there are 2 websites that I mainly go on every day such as GTPlanet for which is about the world's largest community of sim racing enthusiasts, then the Fighters Generation for that is about the site about the fighting game community to check up the latest on the stuff that has happened around the world, as well as then the Brian FM website to have a look about the previous songs being played on the radio station inside the last 5 days, & also search the words Big Ant Studios on Google to reveal the latest on X about the updates to both the Rugby League 26 & Cricket 26 games respectively.

And thirdly that I mainly go to Cash Converters now as my favourite go-to shop since EB Games had been entirely closed down, even though Pops fave shop is still Mitre 10 so he wants to use its own car as for getting the plants (And we have been going to Columbus Coffee at lunch time for some reason), while he uses the late Carole's old car for general purposes such as shopping at supermarkets, & going out to restaurants or cafes, & we go to the River Traders market every Saturday except on rainy days.

And lastly that my COVID vaccine is due on April 9th at 2pm so I don't want to miss it, while Pops one is due on March 31st at 10am (And the injection thing has run out so he decided to come back early as usual, but he received a speeding violation notice according to the mail that he's due to pay that fine for going too fast over the speed limit, like 64 KPH for example), & the reason why we want to get that vax thing is that winter is fast approaching between the June to August period to avoid anyone getting ill over the 3 months of the season.

So that is my 696th blog of the year 2026 (MMXXVI) & my 48th of this year, viva Ukraine.

Stolen Dance: My 47th Blog of the year 2026

Well, welcome to our readers here in New Zealand, & around the world, I'm Whetu Ngapo & you're tuning in to my KiwiAvenger blog here on blogger, but first that Iran is considering of pulling out of the Football/Soccer men's World Cup due to both travel restrictions under the regime of that dreadful American leader, & their war on the US that counts as a geopolitical tension with either Iraq (For which is a good country, but it's dangerous over there if you're living), the UAE (If the Iraqis chose to withdraw, but they since have qualified) or the lucky loser country (Although Italy would've liked to be a part of it as a strong higher ranked team, even if they lost to Bosnia & Herzegovina in the UEFA World Cup qualification playoff final (Imagine if they lost it from there, just like Jimmy Spithill's address to the media about Oracle Team USA being trailed against Emirates Team New Zealand back in 2013 during the America's Cup in San Francisco before making that certain comeback that was inevitable meaning or therefore I should say that they were down but not out (And also Toutai 'Kef' Kefu's comments at halftime during the Wallabies when they also trailed against the AB's back in 2001 during a Bledisloe Cup test in Sydney (A year before they last won the Bledisloe, then New Zealand have been holders since back in 2003), saying that they know how to beat these blokes, & they had delivered when he came up with the winning try to retain the Bledisloe Cup that Wayne 'Smithy the Professor' Smith (The future women's World Cup winning coach for the Black Ferns at the delayed 2021 tournament held in 2022 (That's 3 years before the England Red Roses women took over as the current holders when they hosted the last women's tournament, & beat the surprise package of Canada (Who would claim the biggest upset/boil over in international women's rugby by bowling New Zealand over in the semi at Bristol for which Rejean would be ecstatic about the result) in the final at Twickenham, the home of rugby) had lost his job as the All Blacks coach, as they allowed John Mitchell (Who was the England women's national rugby team coach last year when he took over from Simon Middleton) to take over until after the events of the 2003 men's Rugby World Cup due to a semifinal defeat against Australia), but the others are Sweden (Who haven't been to a tournament since also back in 2018) against Poland (The last time the Poles failed to qualify was back in 2014), as well as Denmark (Same as Poland that they haven't missed a tournament since also back in 2014) Vs Czechia (Formerly Czech Republic in which they have not been to a tournament since back in 2006), & Kosovo (Who had never qualified at a World Cup before in history) against Türkiye (Who last appeared also back in 2002 under the name Turkey when they finished 3rd as they bamboozled the co-hosts at the time of Korea Republic during the bronze final) therefore failing to qualify for the 3rd tournament in a row (They haven't been since 2014 along with the Bosnians who are ranked in the 70s according to the Football/Soccer world rankings) on Wednesday morning New Zealand time as of March 30th, with a French referee named Clement Turpin (The Italian team were having bad memories with that ref when their chances of making the tournament had been slipped away by a late goal scored by North Macedonia who sent Italy packing by failing to qualify again in 2022) being named the person with the whistle for that crucial game, but that is unlikely to happen) considered them alternatives of taking the Iranians place, just like way back in 1992 when the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia beat Denmark to secure qualification for Euro '92, but they were disqualified for being sanctioned of causing to start a civil war (And they would've won the Euros should a civil war had not been taken place), so the Danes took their place, & went on to win the tournament hosted by Sweden as they beat pre-tournament favourites & world champions Germany in the final where it remains one of the gigantic shocks in sporting history (But sorry Greece from 2004, they like to take that back) as a moment that defined the unpredictable beauty of tournament football/soccer, according to one of the late Leon Benbaruk's stories that I must've barely remembered from 20 years ago back in 2006, & of course before the men's T20 Cricket World Cup this year that Bangladesh pulled out at the last minute, citing fears of security concerns so Scotland who originally failed to qualify, had been brought in to replace them as the highest ranked team when they joined England, West Indies, Nepal & tournament debutants Italy in their group, but this is like the years in 1934 such as England, the Republic of Ireland, Scotland, Uruguay & Wales in 1934, then Argentina in 1938, as well as France, India & Turkey (Now Türkiye) in 1950, & the Soviet Union long ago in 1974 when they boycotted the Football/Soccer men's World Cup, but Haiti (Who will never be replaced unlike Iran) won't send its fans due to a travel crackdown being issued by the US except the players, coaching & support staff who will go along throughout.

And secondly that Te Kaha Stadium in the city of Christchurch is officially open on March 27th by the mayor of Christchurch of Phil Mauger, as well as the New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, & rugby legend slash millionaire of Dan Carter who tried & tested that new venue that is as part of the last phase of the city's post-earthquake rebuild which cost a mile fortune of NZ 683 million dollars as they marked a major milestone for that the venue has a bit of a European football/soccer arena feel or vibe, & is set to rival Brisbane's Lang Park as the most atmospheric in the Southern Hemisphere, for which will host its first rugby game with the home team Crusaders playing against the New South Wales Waratahs during the opening match of the Super Round being staged in Otautahi on ANZAC weekend, while the first All Blacks test of the year will be against France at that venue for that will be a sell-out (And tickets for the Italy & Ireland tests in both Wellington & Auckland are available as of March 30th), but there is something interesting beyond the rulebook as the Dupont legislation (Where players will have to, & must be behind the kicker who kicks when the referee says "Retreat", "Retire" or "Keep coming") is rugby's version of football/soccer's automated offside loophole (Where referees would have a look upstairs to the VAR to refer a player who is possibly in front of the linesperson in the lead up to the goal) for which is similar (A penalty is given if a player who is ahead of the kicker in rugby, while in football/soccer that the goal won't be confirmed if a player is advancing past the linesperson therefore it counts as an offside according to the VAR), so too is ice hockey where an offside will be called if all players are beyond the blue line, therefore resulting in a face-off (And the call of tackle by the ref once a player carrying the ball whose knees have hit the deck, is similar to the referee shouting held in league, & also the ref saying break in boxing, kickboxing & MMA because it always results in a penalty for a no clear release (Tackler not releasing (Or more likely no release) for which is colloquially known as failing to let go of the tackled player) in rugby, then also a penalty in league for being held too long in a tackle, & a offending boxer/kickboxer/mixed martial arts fighter whose points being taken away or at least disqualified for hitting on the break for that is an infraction of the loopholes).

And thirdly in the gaming that I was playing a Cricket 26 game including a test between Australia & England who I played as when I recreated that Boxing Day test late last year which took place, at the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground where the boundaries are bigger than Lord's when I played as South Africa against the Aussies in a test match that I was recreating last year's World Test Championship final, so my new tactic is to move the batter up at the crease for an opportunity to contain a bowler by hitting sixes all along (And I mainly hit fours until each player scores a century every time I play a cricket test (Compared to limited overs such as ODI & T20 where I always mainly hit sixes, but I score up to 500 runs in a test match (I scored between over 900 runs as England when they declared their sufficient runs since Australia scored into over 390, while the Aussies had a shallow score of 86 so South Africa scored over 585 runs when they had their declaration for having enough runs on the board), then I go full ruthless aggression mode of hitting sixes until the team reaches 500 runs in the test match format), then 400 in a One Day International match, & 300 in a T20 match so that the opposition would have to chase a gargantuan total) in a custom difficulty that I came up called novice, so I avoid getting dismissed when the fielders who are at the deep, especially take a catch even if I play a poor or I should say, a weak shot (And I'm prone of being risky of getting bowled, LB or also especially, stumped if a spinner bowls while the wicket-keeper gets close onto the wicket for a chance of a batter getting out, even if I'm vulnerable of missing that shot).

And finally that I have revealed about Pops that his memory is good according to plan just like me for which my memory is decent (And how did I remember like anything from the past? So that my brain is always good) since he took the meds since 2024 (And he has not lost his phone, wallet & keys since), as well as his well being a decent one, but he mainly goes to the Commercial Hotel pub twice daily like the one in the afternoon for which is like his afternoon tea (For which he had always goes to the late Carole's place (In that the house is still up for sale since they did a spruce up) for a cuppa when she was alive) & the other after dinner to have a non-alcoholic beer beverage, as well as catching up with old-timers such as his friends from the past like Sandra Kyle for example that she visited our place for the 3rd time to see the doves feeding along with the sparrows on March 31st (A day after she visited for the 2nd time, but the doves did not turn up since they left already).

So that is my 695th blog of the year 2026 (MMXXVI) & my 47th of this year, viva Ukraine.